discussion [Update #2] Squeal of Fortune - When you thought it couldn't get much worse...

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Squeal of Fortune – Extra Spins

There are new ways to earn additional, free spins through playing RuneScape:

• Squeal of Fortune prizes: Tickets for two extra spins can be won as prizes on the Squeal of Fortune itself.
• Monster drops: Most monsters around the world now have a rare chance of dropping a spin ticket (a single-use item that adds an extra spin to your allowance), with the exception of creatures in minigames and Dungeoneering.
• Non-combat skilling activities: Any activity that can score you a Shattered Heart strange rock also has a separate, rare chance to earn an extra Squeal spin – added right on to your current spin count.
• Weekly Distractions & Diversions: Each week, one of four D&Ds will give a guaranteed spin for completing a particular action within the D&D. Regular details of which D&D will earn you a weekly spin can be found on the Squeal of Fortune reward screen. The four D&Ds, and the required actions within them, are as follows:
  • Circus: Complete any one of the four performances: Magic, Ranged, Agility or Firemaking.
  • Penguin Hide and Seek: Exchange penguin points for coins or XP by speaking to Larry or Chuck.
  • Evil Tree: Attack the evil tree.
  • Shooting Star: Mine any star, and receive XP from doing so.
  • The Monthly D&D – Troll Invasion: Starting your first Troll Invasion attempt of the month, either as a combatant or a skiller, will earn you an extra Squeal spin.

Being a RuneScape subscriber is another great way to get more chances to win. Members get 2 free daily spins rather than just 1, and have exclusive access to the D&Ds listed above. Also, members have access to 182 great quests!

If you require more spins, or simply prefer to save some time, you can purchase various spin packages. to do this, simply click the "buy spins" button within the Squeal of Fortune interface.

Finally, soon you will also be able to earn free Squeal spins as rewards for completing any quests. The team are working hard on this feature, and we expect to be able to provide it to you before the end of April.

When you spin the Squeal of Fortune, your free, daily spins will be used first, following by the spins you earned through RuneScape game-play. Finally, any purchased spins will always be used last. Here's an insider's tip - if you want to spin faster, just double-click the big, red button to stop the wheel early!

The RuneScape Team

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Video showing the potential impact of this update with 75 Spins:
[Features (one sided) commentary]

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The updates speaks for itself in what a shocking, and quite frankly a terrible turn in the wrong direction this is for JaGeX, and their deteriorating - if not already non-extinct insight and relationship with their player-base. I could rant much more, but I do not wish to provide too much bias to the opening of this Discussion as it is.
P.S - <3 Justin. <3

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What are your thoughts on this? Over to you.

Really pathetic in my opinion, it's a bit funny, because they were against RWT'ers with selling accounts, yet you're able to buy more spins on the wheel now with cash .

I really think that the end is coming soon for RS, it sounds pretty awful, but like the saying goes, "all good things must come to an end."

I'll still play, but it's pretty depressing that the game is coming to this.

Or you could get 75 cabbages.

I just wish I had a lot of money just lying around to buy spins. I don't want to train RuneCrafting and buying spins would be *much* easier and probably a helluva lot faster too than RuneCrafting. Bad update.

quote FluffySk1lls

Really pathetic in my opinion, it's a bit funny, because they were against RWT'ers with selling accounts, yet you're able to buy more spins on the wheel now with cash .

They got rid of all their competition while sustaining the facade that they care about the integrity of the game and don't want anyone to get unfair advantages, and then they turn around and start doing the exact thing they were fighting. Same thing goes for effigies they nuke em cuz people have unfair advantage but then they give the unfair advantage back, but at a profit to them.

Also, they knowingly made it extremely easy for kids to potentially max out their parents credit cards with the click of a button.

True, but then xbox live is a much bigger corporation and you can expect greedy things like this from companies like that. I've always thought a little (<- key word) higher of Jagex than that.

Yes, Jagex has made some pretty bad blunder's in the past but those weren't even comparable to this hypocritical update.

They could do it in other ways yeah, but Runescape is well known for it's less than mature players haha. Xbox live has a bit more mature fan-base (usually), also I think buying RS gold and items would be a lot more attractive to kids than buying xbl gamer points. So kids are more susceptible to spend more money on Runescape than Xbl in my opinion, although I'm sure it varies from person to person. Jagex should know how wrong it is to make it so easy for kids to steal hundreds of $ from their parents just because they want that GS or 10M stack they will never get.

-90% respect for Jagex.

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